How To Install gnome-terminal on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-terminal on Ubuntu 20.04. gnome-terminal is GNOME terminal emulator application GNOME terminal emulator application

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-terminal on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is gnome-terminal

gnome-terminal is:

GNOME Terminal is a terminal emulation application that you can use to perform the following actions:

  • Access a UNIX shell in the GNOME environment.
  • Run any application that is designed to run on VT102, VT220, and xterm terminals.

GNOME Terminal features the ability to use multiple terminals in a single window (tabs) and profiles support. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop

Package: gnome-terminal Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.1.1-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: gnome Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 663 Provides: x-terminal-emulator Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libdconf1 (>= 0.14.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.50.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.27), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), libvte-2.91-0 (>= 0.60.1), libx11-6, dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus, python3, python3-gi, gir1.2-glib-2.0, gsettings-desktop-schemas (>= 0.1.0), gnome-terminal-data (>= 3.36), gnome-terminal-data (« 3.37) Recommends: gvfs, nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal, yelp Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal_3.36.1.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 169896 MD5sum: 66a92f33d74581a7f02667fb42f31638 SHA1: 06dbfe42b448d5a491d7f26f117dc4d09046569f SHA256: a9bfc0f204cf9515b542e0f04a7dc04dac4ed6496789da40574d6d0a1dc14ef4 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Terminal Description-en: GNOME terminal emulator application GNOME Terminal is a terminal emulation application that you can use to perform the following actions:

  • Access a UNIX shell in the GNOME environment.
  • Run any application that is designed to run on VT102, VT220, and xterm terminals.

GNOME Terminal features the ability to use multiple terminals in a single window (tabs) and profiles support. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop

There are three methods to install gnome-terminal on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gnome-terminal Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-terminal using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-terminal

Install gnome-terminal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-terminal using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-terminal

Install gnome-terminal Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-terminal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-terminal

How To Uninstall gnome-terminal on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gnome-terminal package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-terminal

Uninstall gnome-terminal And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-terminal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-terminal

Remove gnome-terminal Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-terminal configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-terminal

Remove gnome-terminal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-terminal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-terminal

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-terminal package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.